October

Irvin Taylor memorably said, “A brief should be luminous, not voluminous.” To write a winning brief, you must first winnow the issues. In law, the key skill is writing. At The Write House, we have been teaching legal writing for years. Participants at our writing workshops have assessed our programs as “EXCELLENT- should be required […]

Section 308 of the Constitution immunises the Nigerian President and Vice President, as well as state governors and their deputies, from civil and criminal proceedings, arrest, imprisonment, and court process. This means they cannot be sued or prosecuted for any wrong they do while in office. They cannot even be served with court process. They […]

The Bachelor of Laws (NOT Bachelor of Law or Bachelor in Law) degree is abbreviated as LLB or LL.B (NEVER L.L.B.). But many lawyers do not understand how come or why this strange abbreviation. Well, it comes from Latin. The Latin word lex means law. Its plural is legum. Creating an abbreviation for a plural, […]